The first phase of their plan is to work with Sidecar Coffee to learn about the science of roasting and brewing coffee. The students will take field trips to Sidecar's roasting facility to conduct experiments on degree of roast on various origins of beans, ratio of water when brewing and cost comparisons for various beans. Parents and community members will serve as taste testers to help students come up with North Cedar's own blend of coffee that will eventually be brewed and sold at the building. Along with this learning, students will also grow coffee bushes, both from plant and seed, to study optimal growing environments and how to take coffee from green bean to finished product.  The next phase of the plan is to develop a business plan that will open an internet cafe for parents, neighbors and residents from a retirement community. Students will work on a business plan (ordering supplies, developing a logo and signage for the cafe, purchasing a health license, scheduling workers), and learn from the business community on how to market their coffee most effectively. As an added bonus, a local retirement home will bus residents to the school so they can enjoy coffee and read to students who are struggling in school.

Thanks to the outstanding generosity of our many donors this year, the Cedar Falls Schools Foundation was able to award eight Teacher Excellence Grants for the 2016-2017 school year, for use by twenty-seven teachers. For more details, please visit the Foundation's  Grant page .

Congratulations to this year's recipients!

Digital Microscopes to Engage Students with Special Needs

This Science Excellence Grant was made possible with a gift from the Tom Brooks Memorial Grant Fund, established by Linda Brooks in her husband's memory.

Peet Junior High science: Renae Beneke and Andy Beland

Pictured Floyd Winter, President, Foundation Board of Directors, Renae Beneke, Linda Brooks, Bill Boevers, Peet Junior High Principal

Pictured with Peet Junior High students; Linda Brooks, Andy Beland and Floyd Winter, President, Foundation Board of Directors.

Building a Video Learning Community in CFHS World Languages with Flipgrid
High School world languages: Eric Rosburg, Victor Ochoa, Simone Sunblad, Christine Gruhn, Brittan Engels, Patricia Black, Gunda Brost, Monica Jarchow, Elaina Loyd, Katie Wencl, Sara Blanco

Elementary Art Makerspace Project
All K-6 art programs: Hanna Thuesen, Lynsie Maynard, Lauren Nolte, Natalie Hamil, Allyce Trusheim

Design for the Future - Where Creativity Meets Science 3D Design Portable Art Lab
High School art: Lisa Klenske

Robotics Takes Over Fourth with Cubelets Robot Blocks
Orchard Hill Elementary STEM/STEAM: Angie Webb, Joan Hewett, Karen Shook, Michelle Mathias, Luke Wagner

Bal-A-Vis-X for Southdale Elementary Music
Southdale Elementary: Kendra Wohlert

Holmes Outdoor Club Initiative
Holmes Junior High: Robert Welter

Boxlight Labdisc Portable STEM Lab

Hansen Elementary Science: Jared Pirkl

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